Doom's Day (series)

Doom's Day was a multi-media series beginning on 20 March 2023, with its first story released on 5 June and final story on 6 October. It was released in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.

You may be looking for Doomsday (disambiguation).

The series starred Sooz Kempner as Doom, a time-travelling assassin on the run from Death itself and seeking the help of the Doctor to escape her fate.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

Although predated by an early Amazon listing for the Four From Doom's Day audio anthology, set to be released in August of the same year, which appeared as early as 5 January 2023,^[1] the series was first teased online by Doctor Who social media on 19 March 2023^[2] via another webcast. The following day, its introductory entry, a live-action webcast entitled Meet Doom - the Universe's Greatest Assassin!, was released^[3] alongside a press release on the official Doctor Who website.^[4]

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Various stories were released by Doctor Who Magazine, Titan Comics, Penguin Random House, Eastside Games, Big Finish, BBC Audio and the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.

Teasers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Part of	Setting	Author	Featuring	Publisher	Medium	Release
Tomorrow. Doom's Day is coming...	N/A	The Void	N/A	A clock	BBC	Webcast	19 March 2023
Meet Doom - the Universe's Greatest Assassin!		Planet of Doom		Doom			20 March 2023
The universe's greatest assassin has just 24 hours to escape Death and find the Doctor - where will Doom's Day take her next?							4 July 2023
Mission update from Doom!							23 July 2023
15 hours left to find the Doctor, and Doom receives an unexpected communication - from a very good boy!							29 July 2023
A satellite over Earth with the number 5 on it…							13 August 2023
Time is counting down, Death is approaching, and the Doctor has yet to be found!							23 August 2023
The next four hours in Doom's search for the Doctor involve an assassination on Venus, a war on a planet of wolves... and a run-in with Jackie Tyler??							22 September 2023

Series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Hour	Title	Part of	Setting	Author	Featuring	Publisher	Medium	Release
0100	Hour One	N/A	New Venice Lesser Order of Oberon, grey planet	James Goss	Terri, First Doctor, Judoon Vice Admiral	BBC	Online	5 June 2023
0200	Target Selected	Four Hours of Doom's Day	Stormcage Containment Facility, 51st century	Jacqueline Rayner	River Song	Doctor Who Magazine	Comic	22 June 2023
0300	The Plastic Population		Waxworks Museum, New Calamino		Sixth Doctor, Autons
0400	High Noon in Hollywood		Hollywood, Earth, 1930s		Cybermen
0500	The Horn of a Dilemma		A fair, Earth, the Renaissance		Jo Grant,
0600	A Doctor in the House?	Doom's Day #1	New York, Earth, 1883	Jody Houser	Missy	Titan Comics	Comic	5 July 2023
0700		Doom's Day #1	Stormcage Containment Facility, 51st century		Missy, Cire, the Master			5 July 2023
0800		Doom's Day #2	Canis Major Overdensity Convention Center and Resort, Canis Major		Missy			25 July 2023
0900		Doom's Day #2	"Dying, forgotten world"		Missy, Twelfth Doctor			25 July 2023
1000	AI am the Doctor	Lost in Time	Cal-Q-L0n Planet of Doom	Mario A. Mentasti	Kamelion, K9	Eastside Games	Game	27 July 2023
1100	Extraction Point	N/A	Svoda, Kraal Vassta	MG Harris	Kraal, Ninth Doctor, Ecktosca Fel Fotch Heppen-Bar Slitheen, Second Doctor	Penguin Random House	Novel	10 August 2023
1200			Satellite Five, 200003
1300			Asteroid
1400			Svoda 3, Vassta
1500	Wrong Place at the Right Time	Lost in Time	Urbsbandi	Garner Haines		Eastside Games	Game	17 August 2023
1600	The Steel Cascade	Four From Doom's Day	SS Jolly Wanderer, Mediterranean Sea, Earth, 1966	Darren Jones	Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright	BBC Audio Dramas	Audio drama	24 August 2023
1700	The Martian Dilemma		Mars, distant past		Ice Warriors
1800	An Ood Halloween		San Francisco, Earth 1999		Brian the Ood
1900	Dark Space		Desolate planet, dying solar system		Twelfth Doctor
2000	Dawn of an Everlasting Peace	Dying Hours	Venus, 3975	Jacqueline Rayner	TBA	Big Finish Productions	Audio drama	21 September 2023
2100	A Date with Destiny		London, Earth, 2007	Robert Valentine	Jackie Tyler
2200	The Howling Wolves of Xan-Phear		Xan-Phear	Simon Clark	Silent
2300	The Crowd		TBA	Lizzie Hopley	Eighth Doctor, Charlotte Pollard
2400^[5]	Out of Time	N/A	New Venice	James Goss	Terri, First Doctor	BBC	Online	6 October 2023

Other releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Part of	Author	Featuring	Publisher	Medium	Release
Doom's Minute	N/A	N/A	N/A	BBC	Web game	24 October 2023
A Doctor in the House?	N/A	Jody Houser & Roberta Ingranata	Missy, Cire, the Master, Twelfth Doctor	Titan Comics	Graphic novel	26 December 2023

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doom's Day
Hour One
Four Hours of Doom's Day
Target Selected, The Plastic Population,
High Noon in Hollywood, The Horn of a Dilemma
A Doctor in the House?
DD 1 Cover A
A Doctor in the House?
DD 1 Cover B
A Doctor in the House?
DD 2 Cover A
A Doctor in the House?
DD 2 Cover B
Lost in Time
AI am the Doctor
Extraction Point
Lost in Time
Wrong Place at the Right Time
Four From Doom's Day
The Steel Cascade, The Martian Dilemma,
An Ood Halloween, Dark Space
Dying Hours
Dawn of an Everlasting Peace,
A Date with Destiny,
The Howling Wolves of Xan-Phear, The Crowd
Doom's Day
Out of Time

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ Darren Jones (5 January 2023). Four from Doom's Day. Amazon.
↑ Doctor Who (19 March 2023). Tomorrow. Doom's Day is coming.... Twitter. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.
↑ Doctor Who (20 March 2023). Meet Doom. Twitter. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.
↑ Coming soon - Doom's Day. doctorwho.tv (20 March 2023). Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.
↑ This is hour 2400, although it is incorrectly labelled as hour 2300 by accident

[1] Darren Jones (5 January 2023). Four from Doom's Day. Amazon.

[2] Doctor Who (19 March 2023). Tomorrow. Doom's Day is coming.... Twitter. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.

[3] Doctor Who (20 March 2023). Meet Doom. Twitter. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.

[4] Coming soon - Doom's Day. doctorwho.tv (20 March 2023). Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.

[5] This is hour 2400, although it is incorrectly labelled as hour 2300 by accident

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